Back Track

Okay so I've decided to share my blog with others and thus have deleted several posts that were wayyyyy to private. So as I am now about 20 weeks pregnant I will recap the last few months in this post.

So last post I had found out we were having twins and was so excited and a little scared. Well I was also having a few issues that they had to watch closely. So I went for a third u/s to make sure the issue I was having had been resolved. I went alone b/c it was just a standard visit right? Not so much. The Dr. looked around and quickly found both babies to my relief. He then began to look at my issue and he said, "oh no." These are probably the scariest words a dr. can say to you. He then said the sentance that would change our lives for ever, "I've heard of this happening but have never seen it happen in my years of practice...there is a third baby." My eyes got really wide, are you kidding me, I've had two u/s where was a third baby then. I was in complete shock. He then explained to me the risks of having triplets such as pre-term birth, bedrest for up to 6 months and a whole lot of expense. He explained that with my heighth and age I could handle it but if I were to reduce one of the babies it may give the surving two a better chance of making it longer. He then gave me the cards of a high risk Ob/gyn and a card for a "reduction" specialist in Houston for if I decided to go that route and sent me on my way.

I was numb and got up to check my cell phone b/c I had heard it vibrate during the appt. It was Brian texting me asking me how everything went. Hmmm...this probably isn't something you tell over text right? So I said it went fine and that I was about to leave the office right then. I went down the elevator and out the doors and who is sitting on the bench waiting for me...my wonderful husband. He saw my face and immediatly looked concerned and said, "oh no what happened?" He immediatly thought something had g0ne terribly wrong. I didn't know what else to say but..."uhhhh they found a third perfectly healthy baby." His face was priceless. He was so relieved everything was ok and very excited about the third baby although within a few days he was also incredibly terrified.

So thats the omg its triplets post. After some discussion we decided reduction wasn't for us and we knew the risks when we took the medicine we took after the m/c's. Now we did think it was less than 1% and that we'd never be that couple, but sometimes things just work out that way.